Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 282: The End of the War and the Magic Carpet
After deciding to escape and losing the advantage of terrain, it was only a matter of time before the greenskins were completely defeated.
But many people failed to predict that in less than half an hour, all the resistance forces in the haunted town were killed, and the speed this time was much faster than the last attack on the pigherd town.
On the one hand, the defense facilities of the town itself were not perfect, and the strength of the bear goblins was weakened. On the other hand, it was also because Michaela had experience and did not give the bear goblins the opportunity to hide and continue to delay time.
After sending troops to occupy several of the most valuable places such as the meeting hall, warehouses and God-given buildings, she directly ordered the large army to forcibly destroy all the remaining houses and the like.
Anyway, the haunted town itself is extremely poor, and the buildings are of no value. The greenskins' buildings are not planned at all, and they are built crookedly. They were supposed to be replanned, so it is not a pity to destroy them.
As a result, when buildings collapse one after another, the bugbears will have only two endings:
One is to escape in advance and then be killed by the elf troops guarding outside;
The other is to wait until the building is destroyed, be smashed half to death, and then be killed by the elves.
All in all, Michaela's plan went very smoothly, and Master and the others were very happy, because the experience points gained from destroying a building were more than those from killing ordinary low- and mid-level soldiers.
When the battle was completely over and the system prompt sounded, they became even more excited, because this time they directly received the evaluation of an epic victory.
In today's battle, they killed nearly eight thousand bugbears of various types, about two thousand harpies, dozens of God's chosen heroes and indigenous heroes, and many other big pengs, greenskins, gargoyles and the like.
Part of their own losses were caused by those who died in the air battle, and the other part was caused by the God-chosen heroes who rushed into the city first and were hit by the enemy's fierce counterattack.
But overall, far too little.
If it weren't for the fact that the harpies and bugbears, who were the largest in number, had low average strength and were in a particularly weak state, they believed that this evaluation would most likely be even higher.
Levi was even happier because he and his subordinates directly won three places among the top five!
"Based on the comparison of both sides' strength and casualties, this battle is evaluated as an epic victory, with an experience value multiplier of 135%. The top five contributors (Michaela, Levi, Donna, Cindy, ???) will receive some additional experience value rewards, among which hero units will receive additional campaign experience value rewards."
Based on past experience, the fifth spot should be an indigenous person whom Levi did not know. He guessed that the other party was most likely a wind mage who had been staying on the Sky Slasher.
Mikaela also brought a number of native elven heroes this time, including various types of mages, and their output capabilities are very powerful.
"Crimson Knight's chessboard, charge points +420."
"One of your random non-elite subordinates will be promoted to an elite soldier, and two random subordinates will have the opportunity to be promoted (based on the strength of the enemies you defeated in this battle, the highest they will be promoted will not exceed level 5)."
"You killed a large number of Bugbear enemies at once. You have obtained the campaign title - Bugbear Slayer (Elementary). When fighting Bugbear enemies, the attack power of all your soldiers will be increased by 1 and the health will be increased by 5."
"Your subordinates and summons killed multiple heroes, and they received additional experience points as rewards."
"Your combat level has been raised to level 12. You can choose new magic."
"The current random magic list is:
Level 3 magic: Human immobilization, snake seal,
4th level magic: arcane eye, dragon-proof aura, precognitive teleportation, demonic elegy;
Level 5 magic: Malevolent Transfiguration, Dragon Power."
As soon as Levi saw this list, he was immediately embarrassed, because he happened to know the approximate effects of most of the magic in this list.
Many times before, he had complained that the magic in the list was not good enough, but this time, almost all of them were very rare, practical and high-value magic.
Once the malicious transformation spell in the 5th-level magic is successfully released, the target will randomly turn into a small animal such as a frog or rabbit. All attributes will be greatly reduced, and the target may even lose all casting abilities.
It is said that some powerful wizards can even make this magic last for years, and the opponent may not be able to change back to his original appearance until the end of his life. It is very scary just to hear about it.
If in the previous battle, Levi had turned a green-skinned hero into a small animal, the opponent would have become a sitting duck.
When Levi first heard about this magic, he immediately thought of the frog princes in fairy tales.
However, compared with its powerful effects, the conditions for its successful release are also very harsh. Level, intelligence, magic resistance, physique, etc. can all produce partial resistance to this magic.
Simply put, in most cases, it should be considered a magic that is used to bully weak opponents, and it is basically difficult to be effective in a battle between opponents of the same level.
However, if combined with some magic that can weaken the enemy, and if you are lucky enough, it may play a special role and even defeat a powerful enemy that is impossible to defeat under normal circumstances.
Dragon Power is a purely auxiliary magic. Its effect is very simple, which is to increase the recipient's strength, constitution and charm by +5, and make the recipient immune to sleep and paralysis effects.
Although in a battle between strong men, attributes, equipment, expertise, skills, combat experience and even mentality can all be considered part of their strength, and attributes are not particularly important when the gap is not big, the bonus of this magic still seems very scary.
The only drawback is that while it is in effect, other low-level enhancement magics such as Bear's Endurance will be ineffective. Otherwise, the value of this magic will be even higher.
After careful consideration, Levi chose Dragon Power. Compared to taking a chance with Malicious Transfiguration, Dragon Power was at least more versatile and could be effective in more occasions and at many more times.
"Your campaign level has been raised to 8. You can choose new campaign skills."
1. Reconnaissance (elementary);
2. Trading skills (elementary);
3. Defense (elementary).
There was no need to hesitate this time, so of course he would choose defense without thinking. He was a God-chosen hero who preferred to go on expeditions everywhere, rather than a businessman who focused on internal affairs.
"Donna's campaign level has been raised to 7."
"Donna obtained the campaign title - Bugbear Slayer (Primary)."
"Elegy's combat level is raised to 9th, and she has gained the expertise - Blade Dance."
Blade Dance, feat. When you kill an enemy and successfully trigger a Cleave, you can spend an additional 8 magic points to enhance the effect of the Cleave. If you do this, you can immediately move up to 3 steps and attack the next enemy.
Note: You must be wielding two melee weapons to activate this effect.
Levi couldn't help but be a little surprised, because this was a special expertise he had never heard of, but when he thought about the profession of elegy, he felt it was natural. After all, it was a special profession with the name of the goddess, so of course there would be some special aspects.
Speaking of which, although Elegy did not make it into the top five in this battle, she also made it into the top ten. The number of enemies she killed after entering the city was almost in the triple digits.
"You participated in a large-scale battle. Your faction achieved a glorious victory, and you also made outstanding contributions. Your legend level is +1."
This did not surprise him at all. He had indeed contributed a lot in this battle, and the change of hands of the town was indeed worthy of some legendary status.
What follows is a series of reminders for the advancement of subordinates. As always, this time the main units are archers, followed by druids and priests, and finally cavalry and infantry.
There is no way. The damage that a ranged unit with a comfortable output environment can cause on the battlefield is really not comparable to that of an ordinary melee unit.
Of course, if one is as strong as Elegy, he will not be bound by this rule like ordinary infantry.
Levi also noticed that the number and proportion of female hunters who advanced were obviously better than the cavalry troops led by Simon. He couldn't help but admire her. It seemed that he had really picked up a treasure. Luna's potential in command and combat was impeccable.
Some druids have gained new wind or lightning magic, and some can transform into storm eagles, which are all significant enhancements.
In addition to enhanced healing and auxiliary abilities, some priests have gained protective energy, which allows them to specify a certain attribute such as earth, fire, water, wind, etc., and then absorb a certain amount of attribute energy damage over the next certain period of time.
Some have acquired an anti-death barrier that increases overall resistance to death magic, which will be very useful when fighting against undead magic enemies.
Many celestial creatures also advanced, but unfortunately the sub-air creatures in the legion led by Xiaotian were too weak. After such an air battle, less than ten of them survived to the end.
Moreover, even after they advanced to the 4th-level troops, their strength did not improve significantly. Levi now completely understood why they were called Legion Yakong.
Because unless a larger legion is formed, the ordinary three to five or thirty to fifty legion sub-kongs gathered together will have little combat effectiveness!
But next time when I perform a summoning, I can look forward to the reactions of those celestial creatures.
This time they suffered a lot of losses in the air battle, but gained a lot in the ground battle.
Among them, three Tiger Envoys with the strongest comprehensive strength have been promoted to the 5th level. The other Yakong and Gaiding Celestial Clan members who have survived from the beginning to the present have also basically made some achievements.
Even though they all exist as summons, this is essentially more like a transaction, but based on the personalities they have shown so far, there is still a high chance that they will express their feelings to Levi.
The good thing about the good camp is that they will be very generous to their friends unless there is a fundamental conflict over beliefs and principles.
The Gadinians will appear to be more loyal, as many of them are accustomed to being loyal to other powerful lawful and good factions.
The elite reward for the epic victory was randomly given to a huntress, and the advanced reward was given to a priest and a Jade Guard.
The former is fine, but the latter should be the first Zhendan soldier other than Zhou Miyin to be promoted to level 5. He can serve as Zhou Miyin's deputy.
Donna, Cindy, Zhou Miyin, Sally and others have also gained a lot of experience points. Although they have not been able to upgrade or advance yet, I believe it won’t be long before they can do so.
But the one who really deserves Levi's attention is Janet. After continuous efforts over this period of time, and with the assistance of the summoned creature Levi gave her - the lost soul, she finally succeeded in advancing to the 6th level and exhausted her potential.
Although she felt a little regretful that she couldn't go further, Levi praised her and gave her a hero's spirit as soon as possible.
So after a few seconds, a new hero unit was born.
This made Levi couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Originally, hero units were very rare, but with the rapid improvement of his strength, he had gained several more heroes in the past few days.
If he wanted, he could create three more heroes immediately, but there was no need to rush things for the time being. Even if the extra hero spirits were not used now, he could save them for later use, or simply use them for trading.
Compared to gold coins, they are undoubtedly more valuable hard currencies.
As Janet's younger sister, Cindy naturally ran over first. Donna and Elegy also went to join in the fun and congratulated her repeatedly. Levi simply opened her attribute panel, which was the fastest way to get to know her.
Well, how should I put it, it was a bit of a surprise.
Originally, the bee people were one of the bottom races in the Underdark, slightly stronger than the Tan people, but still limited. Unexpectedly, Janet's potential was quite good.
As soon as she became a hero, she immediately reached level 4/4, and her attributes also changed slightly, becoming a more spell-oriented druid.
Attributes: Strength 5, Agility 7, Constitution 8, Intelligence 10, Perception 8, Charisma 6
Her attributes were temporarily reduced significantly , and her combat effectiveness was greatly weakened in a short period of time, but in return she gained greater development in the future.
In terms of combat skills, Levi was originally worried that she would have some special skills related to bee people, which would be too bad. After all, he no longer cared about the strength of the bee people.
But he soon felt relieved. Janet's battle skills were first first aid (elementary) and second magic resistance (elementary). They were not the best choices, but not bad either.
After encouraging Janet a few more words, Levi took out some new equipment and gave it to her. A hero unit can be equipped with much more equipment than an elite unit, which can also improve her combat effectiveness from other aspects.
He directly placed the druids and priests under her jurisdiction, and from then on she was their true boss.
Then he also praised Sally, Bayoru and many other subordinates, and distributed a lot of spoils. From the experience points they gained, it can be seen that in this great victory, no subordinate was lazy, they all worked very hard.
However, due to the greenskins' consistent poverty and the requirements for race and occupation, most of the spoils this time are goods that can be sold for money.
In addition to some weapon proficiency books that he distributed, he also distributed a dozen warrior expertise books: proficiency in breaking objects, leaping and slashing, combat intimidation, dodging, and different types of heavy attack expertise to Wange, Zhou Miyin and others.
He also found out today that in addition to the heavy attack, there are multiple enhanced specialties that can have special effects.
For example, a bleeding heavy attack can cause the enemy to bleed.
A powerful blow that weakens the target's strength and agility for a short period of time.
This kind of heavy blow doesn't mean much in a large-scale battlefield, but if it is a duel with a strong enemy, if it succeeds, it may even change the situation of the battle, which is still very good.
There are only two of the best combat items, one of which is a greatsword that Levi paid special attention to when the war just started.
It was a +4 blue quality greatsword with an electric attribute enchantment. In addition to the effects of armor penetration, electric shock and lightning resistance, it also had a passive skill. When attacking, there was a 15% chance of triggering a small lightning chain, causing 5-15 lightning damage to up to 4 units.
Although the probability seems low and the damage value is also average, if there is a large-scale battle like today again next time, with Elegy's strength, it will not be difficult to cause hundreds or thousands of additional damage.
At the same time, its appearance was quite gorgeous, so Elegy took it with a smile.
She now has several spare greatswords with different attributes in her space ring. When she encounters enemies with extreme attributes, they may produce unexpected results.
The second item is a pair of blue combat boots called Flame Walker. Its defense is not particularly outstanding, but it provides up to 10 points of fire resistance, which will definitely play a significant role when fighting against demons. I guess the greenskins originally thought so too.
After a little consideration, he gave it to Elegy. Although everyone can use this kind of equipment, Elegy's activeness on the battlefield will definitely attract the most attention and hatred of the demons.
Now, combined with the other equipment she had on her, an ordinary level 3 fire demon basically posed no threat to her.
Seeing that he had almost done it all, Master and others around him came over to congratulate him. They had seen the system's evaluation of this battle and those five names.
You know, Michaela also brought several indigenous heroes with her this time, but when the battle was over, except for herself, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th were taken away by Levi and his men. This shows how strong Levi and his heroes are.
Even though they had no idea that Cindy wasn't a hero yet, Levi certainly didn't bother explaining, he just made a few humble remarks.
But they didn't chat for too long and soon dispersed.
Now that they have truly captured the haunted town, the surrounding greenskin villages and gathering points have lost their greatest support. With their current strength, there will be absolutely no problem in capturing one or two of them.
Even though Master has made up his mind to go to Zhendan, the various supplies in the village warehouses, and even the villages themselves, can be exchanged for money!
Levi also planned to find a direction to launch an attack, but he was not as optimistic as Master and the others.
Those guys who were full of blood had driven out the original defenders of the haunted town and planned to occupy it themselves.
But now it's only been one night, where can those greenskins run to? Most likely they will stay in other nearby villages, right?
So it is conceivable that the defense capabilities of the surrounding villages may be greatly improved as a result.
Of course, he had absolutely no fear at all. Apart from anything else, the Skyslayer airship led by Donna was not something that ordinary greenskins could deal with.
Today's greenskin air force is likely to have gathered most of the strength of the entire beast blood boiling, so it can pose such a great threat to their own side.
But can the green-skinned natives, who have been invaded by demons, still provide so many flying troops at this time?
At this time, another system prompt sounded: "After careful planning, the High Elves - Kingdom of Caledor have successfully captured the Greenskin - Red Cloud Tribe's town - Haunted Town."
Under normal circumstances, this information would indeed cause a great shock to the surrounding races and forces, but after the bear goblin demigod was just killed, other races except the greenskins did not care much about it.
Levi also laughed it off. If the indigenous people's actions went smoothly, there might be another similar system prompt in the next few days.
After all, their actions today were ostensibly to cover the battle in Broken Bay!
The Red Cloud Tribe is not the strongest among the greenskins, and they don't have any stable allies around them. Except for the ogres who can be hired for food, all others are enemies.
Now the beasts' blood is boiling and they have suffered severe damage. Without the intervention of the gods, it is still a question whether they can withstand the offensive of the demons. It is almost impossible to turn the tables.
But before he could actually take action, Reiner had already run over happily. Before he arrived, he took the lead in throwing over a blanket that was shining with magical light.
"Levi, this is what I got after I killed a special wizard. Do you need it?"
Before he could see the properties clearly, Levi shouted with a little surprise: "Is this the magic carpet of the Araby Warlock?"
Araby is the name of a series of human city-states far from here, close to the great desert of the Tomb Kings, that contain numerous small settlements, towns, and city-states.
Their population composition is quite complex, but generally speaking, it can be divided into merchants and pirates along the coast, and nomads and bandits in the desert.
Of their four main cities, one is called the City of Pirates and the other is called the City of Thieves.
After hearing this, perhaps everyone can roughly understand what kind of country it is.
It is the paradise of various evil gods, where they and their believers frequently engage in various fights, perhaps for faith, or just for fun, or just because they are in a bad mood.
In this case, anything could appear there, even the caravans from Zhendan and the pirate nation of Norsca could trade there.
For Levi, there may be many famous things there, but the specialties that really attracted him should be three kinds of existence:
The first type is the Araby genie. It is not the kind in fairy tales that can make wishes, but the kind that can help you fight with your fists. They can also be divided into multiple attributes such as earth, fire, water, and wind.
As a wizard who has mastered many kinds of summoning magic, Levi certainly cannot be uninterested in this.
The second type is the Arab war elephants, which are not only good at fighting themselves, but can also carry a large number of archers or spearmen to fight together. They are by no means the docile herbivores as people imagine, but rather a kind of ferocious war monster.
As for the last one, it is the magic flying carpets of the Arabi warlocks, which can provide the ability to fly and carry people!
Kalad's Flying Carpet (Blue - Rare - Rare Item):
Effect 1, Fire/Light Magic Resistance +5;
Effect 2, with 2nd level magic - Blur (3/3);
Effect 3, flying magic carpet, consumes 50 magic, can activate the magic carpet's flying ability, lasts for 15 minutes, and then consumes 15 magic per minute.
During the activation period, it can be regarded as a flying mount, and its flight speed, maximum flight altitude, etc. will depend on the user's level/class and intelligence.
During this period, up to 3 additional passengers can be carried. For each additional passenger, an additional 10 magickas will be consumed per minute.
Equipment requirements: Intelligence 10, any magic profession.
(A flying mount made by the Araby Warlock Karad, which can be ridden without riding skills!)
Naturally, Levi expressed his gratitude to Reiner first. This guy really thought of him when he had good things to do. This thing is not cheap, or rather, any items related to mages are rarely cheap.
Cindy already has an angel cloak, and Janet has the ability to fly, so this thing can be given to Sally as a reward.
As a fire mage, she has the ability to fly more freely, so in the future she will be able to better exert her violent output in battle.
What's more coincidental is that this flying magic carpet also comes with 3 rounds of blur spell. Once this second-level magic is used, it will create a hazy phantom on Sally's body. No matter whether it is a long-range arrow or a close-range stab, it is possible to misjudge the target and fail to hit it.
If this is coupled with magic such as protective arrows, mage armor, and gadgets like false life scrolls and life potions that Levi gave her, Sally's survivability on the battlefield will be further enhanced.
No matter what, Reiner was very nice this time, and even made Levi feel a little embarrassed.
So after he handed it over to Sally, he took out the mechanical warhorse he had purchased before, as well as a hero's spirit.
Even though he hadn't said anything yet, Reiner had already understood what he meant. His face suddenly darkened: "Levi, I'm not doing this for..."
Before he finished speaking, Levi interrupted him rudely: "The mechanical warhorse is a gift for a friend. As for the hero's spirit, I saw a dragon prince cavalryman in your team who performed very well. He should have reached the bottleneck, right?"
Reiner's expression looked a little better, and he nodded and said, "Yes, he just reached a bottleneck yesterday. I didn't expect Levi's eyes to be so sharp."
Levi chuckled. This had nothing to do with whether his eyes were sharp or not. The previous battle was so intense that he had no time to watch the fight over there by Reiner and the others. He just said it casually, but he didn't expect to actually run into it.
But he certainly wouldn't show it on the surface. He just nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I think highly of his potential, so this is a gift from me to him, not to you. You can regard this as my long-term investment."
Reiner was suddenly amused and touched, but he did not refuse this time. After all, the lifespan of elves was very long, and he would have enough opportunities to make it up to the other party in the future.
Levi also laughed. He now had three extra Hero's Spirits in his hand, and he had no subordinates in urgent need for the time being, so it would be no harm to give one to Reiner, and he might gain more in the future.
The high elves are not a race that likes to owe favors to others.
Well, in that case, I might as well give Michaela the same copy later. If nothing else, as long as she copies any mid- to high-level magic for me, it will be pure profit.
If you sell it for gold coins alone, the Hero's Spirit might be more valuable, but you have to be able to buy those high-level magic somewhere, right?
After some casual chat, Reiner also thought of Risadiran, whom he did not see here.
Levi also explained briefly that the opponent has now become a hero unit and is fighting in the Underdark.
After killing those snakemen, some small evil forces around them started to get restless, so he is currently carrying out a cleanup operation with Alduin. Judging from their ever-increasing experience points, their progress is relatively smooth.
Speaking of those evil races and forces in the Underdark, I don't know whether they are stupid or really deserve a beating. It is obvious that they have captured the snake people's village and their strength is definitely stronger than that of the snake people, but they still don't give up and dare to come and cause trouble.
And there are not just one or two of them. They won't behave themselves unless they are beaten.
The people staying in Bitao Village and Blood of Glory need to take the initiative to go out and look for enemies every day, but Alduin and his men only need to stay in the village to defend.
However, he did not hate the other party's behavior, because this small-scale attack was just giving Alduin and his men spoils and experience for free.
Reiner nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He was just concerned about his friend. At the moment, it seemed that Levi was really good to Risadiran, and he could finally rest assured.
"By the way, Levi, Lady Michaela has something else to discuss with you. Let's go see her together."
Levi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and looking at Reiner's expression , it didn't seem like it was entirely a good thing?
So he confirmed it a little: "Do you need the fighting power of me and my subordinates?"
"Well, not yet, but I'll definitely need it later."
Levi quickly thought about it and roughly guessed what was going on. Michaela should be looking for him for more than just one thing this time.
So he gave the order decisively: "Donna, Cindy, you guys go free first, I'll be back soon!"
